The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-04-30
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Died A Higginsville, Lafayette county,
Mo , April 20, the child OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
FrerkiBg,
- In Dover township, Lafayette county,
Mo-, April %, Mrs. EDWARD ROBERTS.
- In Lexington township, Lafayette
county, Mo-, April %, Mr.. GEORGE MAS
TERsON, aged forty years.
- AT Hisginsville, Lafayette county Mo-,
April "a. MURRY, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Graves Nilmott, aged 3 years.
- Near Wsverly, Lafayette county, Mis-
sour, April "a, of heart disease, LOUIS
- Near this city. April Goth, of neuralgia
OF the heart, Mr.. BURRIs. aged about is
years. He leaves a wife and two children.
- In Washington township, Lafayette
county. NO.. April %, Mr.. ADAM VOL
FENBARGER, an old citizen of Lafayette
county, aged 10 years.
- AT Elm, Johnson county, Mo-, April
%, SUSAN c., wife of W. G. Martin, aged
Al years.
- In Cassville. Mo, April -, Of brain
I yer. EDNA OPHELIA, infant daughter Of
the Rev. W. L. Mcclure.
Mr.. Mcclure has been sadly AFFLICTED OF
late. having lost his wife and a sister, recent
ly. He has the wa m sympathy of the com.
munity.
- In Chicago, Ills, April 81, Of tetanus.
caused by an injury to the foot, IRA, son of
John and Imogene Forester, aged IL years.
Mr.. anil Mrs. Forester at one time lived
here, where they are still remembered by
many friends. They now live at Omaha.
Ira was attending school In Chicago. he was
buried in this city last Sunday.
- liz this city, April rs, Of general de.
bility. Mr.. S "REET HALE, aged % years
and 4 months.
Mr.. Hale was born In Bedford county, Va,
December %, 1898. He WAS, during his en-
tire life, heslthy and vigorous, being seldom
afflicted with sickness.
! He was married, June %, 1870. to Tabiths
N. Lee, who preced d him to the grave
eighteen years. He was the father of nine
chi!dren-W William B., James, Robert, Judith
B. Porter, Lucinda E. Graham, Frances R.
james, Thos. c., Deborah F. Bradley snc
Mary T. Hale. The last three are dead.
In the autumn OF 1881 he left his native
county and emigrated TO Lafayette county
Mo. he arrived at Lexington, after a long
and arduous journey with wagons, Deem.
Der Is, of that year. He resided In the coun.
~, tour miles from Lexington, until the
spring of 1910. when he removed to the city
where he has since lived. in the same build.
Ing.
AT the age of fifteen he was apprenticed tc
his Uncle, Benz, Witt, to learn the trade Of q
carpenter, and was engaged In that vocation
for more than ~fifty-6ve years, and until from
failn g physical and mental powers he be.
came too feeble to continue 1t.
Thoug'. he was not a protesting Christian
yet he wasa firm believer in the existence o
tine Supreme Being, and was also a believer
in Christianity as inculcated BY the MethOdi-
EpiScofa! church, in the doctrine Of which
he learned to believe at an early period II
life and in which he never wavered. II
ths latter part OF his life he Often espresso,
his Willingness to meet death. He was
man OF strong convictions, of undoubted In
tegritS, and had the respe Il and esteem o
his contemporaries. His funeral took plsc,
from the house of his SON. in law, Captail
Roley Porter, last Wednesday afternoon, an,
was very largely attended by our olde
citizens. The religious exercises were con
Quoted by Rev. W. A. Crouch.